Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday declined a request to voluntarily appear before a second Senate panel, opening another front in Republicans’ investigations into the former public health official’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. An attorney for Fauci rejected the request from Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, arguing that compelling Fauci to testify again after his contentious July 29 Senate hearing would “impermissibly harass or degrade Dr. Fauci for political purposes.” Johnson has been conducting a parallel investigation into Fauci and the federal government’s response to COVID-19, including the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. The…
Many celebrities have shared some spooky supernatural stories based on their encounters with the paranormal. Succession star Sarah Snook said she spotted a ghost in London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket while performing Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray in 2024. “I do feel like I saw one. I saw somebody…
Anti-AI protesters stormed into OpenAI’s office in Bellevue, Washington, in what may have been one of the most unserious demonstrations yet, complete with balloons and protesters dressed as rogue AI agents. In a video posted on X, the protesters can be seen striking poses on staircases, waving their arms in…
KANSAS CITY – With arguably the deepest and most talented roster in the NFL, it’s no surprise the Rams enter the season as the prohibitive Super Bowl favorites. There is, however, one question no one around the Rams wants to ask, much less contemplate: What happens if Matthew Stafford goes…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is addressing the political “backlash” she is receiving after going public with her decision to freeze her eggs. “One question that I received earlier is do I regret coming out publicly about this due to all of the political negativity and the larger political context, and especially…
Republican businessman Anthony Constantino is threatening to sue the pollster behind a shock new survey that has him trailing his Democratic opponent by 10 points in his bid to succeed retiring GOPer Rep. Elise Stefanik. Constantino, who runs the Sticker Mule company and famously put a huge “Vote for Trump”…
The lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance’s $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery could chase away a key source of funds for California’s Democratic Party — namely, the deep-pocketed executives who run Big Media, The Post has learned. Most of the workers in this ecosystem — the directors, screenwriters, stagehands…
Deonte Banks might need his slate cleaned again. Left for bust after the last two seasons, the former first-round pick has shown signs of reviving his once-promising career during Giants training camp under new defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson. But practice isn’t meaningful if it doesn’t translate to games, and the…
Selena Gomez is firing back after the pop star and her mother, Mandy Teefey, were named in a fraud lawsuit. “The allegations that Selena Gomez engaged in any way whatsoever in any purported ‘fraud’ or other wrongdoing are completely meritless, both factually and legally,” Gomez’s lawyer Mathew S. Rosengart told…
A woman charged with defacing the World War II Memorial in DC with graffiti calls herself a “homeless freedom fighter” in bizarre, paranoid videos before she allegedly spray painted the monument. In a series of rambling posts leading up to the devious act she was charged Friday with committing a…
Far-left progressives are trying to rally up support for California’s controversial one-time 5% tax on billionaires that’s up on the November ballot — but famed businessman Mark Cuban on Saturday delivered a brutal assessment to one of the tax’s biggest supporters. Cuban, himself a billionaire, chastised Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna…
On the glorious first day that he would coach the New York Football Giants, John Harbaugh learned he is not immune to the concussion police who continue to surveil his new franchise quarterback. Down went Jaxson Dart, and hard, on his back. Hearts raced all across MetLife Stadium and beyond. …
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He’s hit a ruff patch! Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ex Riley Roberts was spotted for the first time Saturday since news of the power couple’s split — walking their shared dog Deco outside of the socialist lawmaker’s Queens apartment. The Post spotted Roberts, 38, around midday, looking sallow in a black…
Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani is making progress in a return to the rotation. Ohtani threw his first bullpen in nearly a month on Friday and the next step for the right-hander will be another bullpen session and a live batting practice if all goes accordingly, manager Dave…
Married at First Sight alum Jessica Castro is opening up about her decision to remain relatively quiet in the wake of her ex-husband Ryan de Nino’s sudden death at 40. After being asked whether Ryan died in the comments on her most recent Instagram post, Jessica, 42, responded to confirm…
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Upper East Siders are trashing NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push to eliminate nearly 30,000 parking spaces citywide and plunk tens of thousands of massive garbage containers streetside – saying it would turn the posh neighborhood into “Dumpsterville.” The towering, UFO-like metal trash containers – called “Empire Bins” — would line…
Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence boom is spawning a new class of billionaires who are barely old enough to rent a car — but now rich enough to live large in California’s most lavish mega-mansions. Despite fears of a bubble, the AI market is poised to hit a fever pitch this year…
The Los Angeles Rams don’t know when Aaron Donald will make a decision on coming out of retirement — and the team hasn’t given the three-time Defensive Player of the Year a deadline to make one. “The Rams have not given Aaron Donald a timeline for when they need a…
CBS News correspondent Matt Gutman has been accused of sexual harassment. Former ABC News field producer Samira Said recently filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the TV network, according to court documents obtained by Us. Said, who worked at ABC from 2021 to 2025, claimed she was fired after seeking…
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao is saluting the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier after lawmakers raised concerns about conditions during its long deployment — saying nobody died from a “small number” of mental health crises on board. “The USS Abraham Lincoln crushed their deployment and will return…
The bear of a man with a cartoon bear on his T-shirt reading “Out of Hibernation” ambled across the football practice field. A white wrap around his right knee, a bit of a limp in his stride, Bob Chesney didn’t let any limitations prevent him from having a discernible spring…
The Lions have moved quickly to address their suddenly thin quarterback room, signing veteran Josh Dobbs after Teddy Bridgewater unexpectedly decided to step away from football. Dobbs is joining the Lions on a one-year contract worth $1.425 million, with $475,000 guaranteed, according to reports from NFL Network. The move gives…
Kelly Clarkson is getting candid about her body after a near-wardrobe malfunction onstage. “There’s a lot of amazing things happening, uh oh, there’s my boobs,” Clarkson, 44, interrupted her speech during her Saturday, August 8, concert at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, while quickly pulling down her sheer crop top over…
Gavin Newsom has confirmed he will meet with radical Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed as he campaigns with Democrats in the battleground state of Michigan. During a C-SPAN broadcast, a reporter asked the governor Sunday whether he intends to meet with El-Sayed, to which Newsom confirmed, “I’ll be meeting with him…
Berkshire Hathaway said it began reducing its enormous stockpile of cash in the second quarter, investing billions of dollars in stocks such as Alphabet and repurchasing billions of its own, as it reported higher-than-expected profit. The conglomerate said on Saturday it repurchased $4.5 billion of its own stock between April and June…
California state Sen. Scott Wiener is pulling the plug on a controversial AI chatbot and the billboards promoting it after his campaign faced a furious backlash over the parody targeting his congressional rival Connie Chan. Wiener, who is running to replace former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco’s 11th…
Since Steph Curry joined the Golden State Warriors 17 years ago, they have been the blueprint for success in the NBA. But according to one of Curry’s former teammates, the team would have had the same level of success even without him. “If you switched me and Steph out with…
Reality TV star Mama June Shannon has some thoughts about her daughter Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird’s decision to join OnlyFans and offer explicit adult content to her subscribers. “All money ain’t good money,” Mama June, 46, told TMZ of her daughter’s new venture in an interview published on Saturday, August 7.…
Beth sucked, but in a good way. GOP Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley’s 1970s-era Hoover vacuum named Beth finally bit the dust after decades of being at his side as they battled filthy floors and awed the internet together. The 92-year-old US Senate President pro tempore announced the demise of his…
Apple has been testing memory chips from China’s CXMT across product lines including iPhones and MacBooks, to mitigate a component shortage fueled by the AI boom, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Apple held early talks with CXMT, which is China’s largest chipmaker by market value, about supplying components with the goal…
Screen time is outta here! A Long Island baseball team is having its best season ever – now just a pair of wins away from the Little League World Series – as a self-imposed cell phone ban on game days has been an absolute hit with the 11- and 12-year-old boys. “It…
Former PGA Tour golfer Matt McQuillan died in August 2026 at the age of 45. McQuillan, a Canada native who competed on golf’s biggest stage during the 2011 season, died on August 5, 2026, according to an obituary published in The Kingston Whig-Standard. A cause of death has not been…
WASHINGTON — Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico once opposed multiple major legislative efforts to crack down on sex predators getting cashless bail in the early 2020s, though he eventually did back some tighter rules on bail last year. Back in 2021, the GOP-led Texas state legislature pursued multiple pieces of…
A bipartisan majority of Americans support more government rules for how social media companies conduct business, including a requirement of age-verification tools to keep younger children off social media, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. The poll, which was conducted over the six days ended Aug. 3, comes as companies like Meta Platforms and Google’s YouTube face…
Beware the burnout. Rising in popularity over the last few years, burnout has come for many, whether they’re breaking under the pressure of work or life, affecting nearly a quarter of Americans before they’re 30. But the term is so broad and can mean so many different things that it…
It’s been an eventful few days for Royce White, and it appears it’s going to stay that way. White made another cryptic social media post on Saturday night, adding fuel to the fire that he is a transgender athlete, just after he announced he would declare for the 2027 WNBA…
When Bear Grylls signs up for TV projects, it’s so much more than just a job. “I want to stand for something good and that’s going to be empowering for families to watch together,” Bear, 52, exclusively told Us before the premiere of The Chosen in the Wild With Bear…
Dem Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday refused to break ties to notorious hate streamer Hasan Piker — while hinting he wants to sock the middle class with the bill for his Medicare for All plan. El-Sayed even left the door open to continuing to campaign with Piker in…
OceanSound, a subtenant at SL Green’s 450 Park Ave., has expanded from less than 22,000 square feet to more than 32,000 sf under a new, direct lease. SLG leasing director Steven Durels said the deal typifies activity at the 33-story tower that was recently upgraded. Other prominent tenants include Banco…
Teddy Bridgewater is leaving the Lions again, and this time he might be retiring from the NFL for good. The 33-year-old quarterback, who reunited with the Lions as a free agent in March after spending last season with the Buccaneers, is stepping away from the team, head coach Dan Campbell…
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